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CRDTs in Collaborative Editing

The cluster centers on discussions of Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs), including their implementation in projects, comparisons to Operational Transforms (OT), use cases beyond text editing, and applications in real-time collaboration and synchronization.

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CoreData CRDT waveprotocol.org youtube.com inkandswitch.com RDMS OT DX HN YJS replicated editing merge conflict ot data operational sync client server text

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polskibus • Feb 7, 2018 • View on HN

Is that based on CRDTs / operational transform or is a different solution used?

anderspitman • Sep 13, 2018 • View on HN

Are you using something other than CRDTs or Operational Transforms?

keewee7 • Oct 26, 2021 • View on HN

What are some interesting use cases for CRDTs beyond collaborative (text) editing?

kylemathews • Aug 4, 2015 • View on HN

Hi, thanks for this great project. Curious if you've looked at CRDTs? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free_replicated_data_...)

fidotron • Feb 19, 2015 • View on HN

Is this based on CRDTs? ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free_replicated_data_... . . . or ideas similar to that).

StreetChief • Feb 10, 2024 • View on HN

Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) are really interesting to me.Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free_replicated_data_...

Docky • Oct 11, 2018 • View on HN

Good work. Which CRDT alg was adopted in your product?

mentalgear • Sep 15, 2025 • View on HN

Isn't this the same as CRDT libs like automerge are doing ?

jasode • Jul 29, 2020 • View on HN

Fyi... the keyword "CRDT" appears 50 times in the article.Some past HN threads mentioning CRDT did not fare as well as OT (Operational Transform):https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19886883https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19847622

xnx • May 24, 2024 • View on HN

I thought this was mostly/fully solved with CRDTs?